Senior Principal Architect, Applied Ai Enterprise

Caterpillar Inc.

Chicago, IL, US
Base: $172,630.00 - $258,950.00; bonus/equity: inc...
Hybrid
Agentic ai system design experience
Transformer models and rag architecture
Azure openai aws bedrock google vertex ai
This high-visibility role offers direct impact on Caterpillar's AI strategy by designing agentic systems that can reason, plan, and take action

Job Summary

  • This high-visibility role offers direct impact on Caterpillar's AI strategy by designing agentic systems that can reason, plan, and take action.
  • Candidates will partner with IT, business functions, and product teams to ensure AI solutions are architecturally sound, scalable, and aligned with industry trends.
  • The position includes the option to work onsite in Chicago, Mossville, Denver, or Irving, with relocation available and a salary range of $172,630.00 - $258,950.00.

Matching Summary

This high-visibility role offers direct impact on Caterpillar's AI strategy by designing agentic systems that can reason, plan, and take action.

Salary

Base: $172,630.00 - $258,950.00; Bonus/Equity: Incentive bonus mentioned; Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), HSA, FSA, paid time off, tuition reimbursement

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Agentic AI system design experience
  • Transformer models and RAG architecture
  • Azure OpenAI AWS Bedrock Google Vertex AI
  • LangChain LangGraph Semantic Kernel frameworks
  • Vector databases and embedding models
  • MLOps model versioning and governance
  • Enterprise API design and integration

Nice-to-have

  • Multi-cloud or hybrid solution architecture
  • Prompt engineering and context engineering
  • Observability tools for AI systems
  • Influencing architecture decisions across teams
  • Staying current with rapidly evolving AI landscape
  • Translating complex technical concepts to stakeholders

Key Requirements

  • Deep experience designing agentic AI systems
  • Production AI agent system implementation
  • Strong software engineering background
  • Experience with LLM deployment patterns
  • Track record of staying current with AI landscape

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